Lifestyles

Dear Heloise: I just read the letter about not wearing strong scents as they can really bother people. I agree and would even ask: Why wear it at all?...

DEAR ABBY: My niece-in-law, "Justine," is a few years younger than my husband and I. We have been best friends for the last 25 years. She's 55 and div...

Dear Heloise: Two of your letters in a recent column addressed recycling plastic. Please consider reusing it as well. Small cup-sized plastic containe...

DEAR ABBY: My father and I have had a contentious relationship since I was a teenager. Despite being raised in his house, my values are different from...

Dear Heloise: After reading the suggestion about gifting a child's tea set to a grandmother with a new granddaughter, I just had to say that any grand...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are celebrating our second anniversary. For the most part, we're very happy. He's the best friend I've ever had. The probl...

Dear Heloise: It comes as no surprise that groceries are getting a lot more expensive. Where I live, we are often snowed in for a few days during the ...

DEAR ABBY: For the past two years, I have been trying to conceal from my family (with modest success) that I'm asexual. I overhear conversations my pa...

Dear Heloise: A letter in your column that ran a few days ago about getting service in a restaurant reminded me of something I do whenever I need help...

DEAR ABBY: My sister is cheap. She's also not good at choosing gifts for people. Often, the things she gives are worse than if she'd done nothing at a...

Dear Heloise: I work as a nurse in the ICU in a major metropolitan hospital. As many people know, hospitals have relaxed their rules about the length ...

DEAR ABBY: My relationship with my mother-in-law has been rocky for the nine years I've been married to her daughter. She has been very hurtful at tim...

 DEAR ABBY: I have a group of wonderful women friends I have known for decades. We get together monthly for dinner and drinks at a local restaurant. T...

Dear Heloise: Your answer to me about rinsing your teeth turned the question into a matter of time. The original question was, "Do I rinse or not?" Th...

DEAR ABBY: My neighbor is 80. She's my political opposite. She's known me since I was 13. Her husband died 10 or so years ago. All she does all day is...

(TNS) — Fountain drink fans, you might have to brace yourself for this one. That’s because when you head for your go-to Dr. Pepper fountain drink at y...

Our long and lovely early autumn has come to an abrupt halt. After one last lovely morning the weather changed and it has not looked back. We can’t sa...

Dear Heloise: We tried the hint for how to make coffee less bitter by adding 1/8 teaspoon of table salt when making drip coffee. Ugh! It tasted terrib...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I discussed our 25th anniversary and mentioned Hawaii as a possibility. He reached out to his brother and sister-in-law for ...

DEAR ABBY: My grandmother passed away 16 years ago. Before she passed, she told me and my two kids that she had an account for each of them for their ...